We currently have three. I also prefer a two Boxer household. Two is the limit financially. Three can stretch us beyond our means. But we have three right now because we got a puppy. My other two are five months apart and currently 8 years old. My male has rapidly progressing degenerative myelopathy and our female almost died this summer. The cause remains undiagnosed. Reoccurence of Lyme disease, immune mediated polyarthritis secondary to the Lyme disease, spinal infection. We do not know for certain but she pulled thru after 3 months of Doxycycline.
Anyway, we do not want to be down to one dog. All of our dogs have been raised with another dog and dont know how to be an only dog. Plus we wanted to bring in the puppy while our older ones could teach him the ropes. Which they have done.